A perfect send-off for forever young Big John
Saturday 21st August 2010, 2:29PM BST.
The coffin of Sark fire victim ‘Big John’ Marquand is taken into the Vale Douzaine Room yesterday ahead of a celebration of his life. (Picture by Tom Tardif, 1012905, )
HUNDREDS of family and friends paid an emotional tribute to Sark house fire victim John Marquand yesterday.
People filled Vale Douzaine room and spilled outdoors to say goodbye to the man they called Big John.
Mr Marquand, 30, died in a blaze in a rented house, Jardin Louise, in Sark, where he was working at the time, on Sunday 1 August.
Yellow flowers spelling out Big John were placed at the front of the douzaine room and his coffin was brought in to the sound of a compilation of his favourite music, including Bob Dylan’s Forever Young and Buffalo Springfield’s For What It Is Worth.
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May you rest in peace Big John x
So sad to lose someone so young and in that way.
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